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General election 2015: Ed Miliband to pledge higher living standards | General election 2015: Ed Miliband to pledge higher living standards |
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Ed Miliband will promise higher living standards for working families when he unveils Labour's election pledge card. | Ed Miliband will promise higher living standards for working families when he unveils Labour's election pledge card. |
At a rally in Birmingham later he will set out his fifth and final pledge, based on policies expected to include a rise in the living wage and extending free child care. | |
He is expected to say the changes are fundamental for economic recovery. | He is expected to say the changes are fundamental for economic recovery. |
The labour leader has already promised controls on immigration and a "rescue plan" for the NHS in previous pledges. | |
He is expected to say: "Today we set out how we can replace a failed, tired, government for the few with a government that is truly for all the people of Britain. | He is expected to say: "Today we set out how we can replace a failed, tired, government for the few with a government that is truly for all the people of Britain. |
"It is based on a different idea of how we succeed, a different idea of how we live together, a different idea of the kind of country we can become - because the choice at this election is not simply between parties and leaders, but between different visions of our country." | "It is based on a different idea of how we succeed, a different idea of how we live together, a different idea of the kind of country we can become - because the choice at this election is not simply between parties and leaders, but between different visions of our country." |
Mr Miliband will insist that none of Labour's manifesto commitments will need additional borrowing. | Mr Miliband will insist that none of Labour's manifesto commitments will need additional borrowing. |
He will say: "Whenever we have prospered, whenever we have succeeded, it is not because we have been driven by the success of a few at the top but by the success of working families." | He will say: "Whenever we have prospered, whenever we have succeeded, it is not because we have been driven by the success of a few at the top but by the success of working families." |
Labour has previously insisted it will focus on issues not personalities during the general election campaign. | |
The party's pledge card sets out five promises to voters: | |
BBC political correspondent Iain Watson said the policies behind the latest pledge "are very familiar" including giving the energy regulator more power to cut fuel bills. | |
"He'll tell supporters the deficit has remained stubbornly high because falling living standards have led to lower tax revenues," he said. | |
"But polls still suggest that the Conservatives are trusted far more than Labour with the nation's finances." | |
Mr Miliband stepped up his campaigning this week by carrying out a BBC television interview at home with his wife Justine. | |
But he was criticised after it emerged from the filming that he has two kitchens in the £2m house in north London. | |
The story has led to critics branding him "Two Kitchens Ed" - a play on the "Two Jags" nickname given to Labour's John Prescott over his apparent fondness for official luxury cars when he was deputy prime minister. |